Smadar Eventov Friedman received Ph.D. degree from the Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. She completed her Pediatric studies at the Department of Pediatrics, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, and Hebrew University, Israel, and her fellowship in Neonatology,  at The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Canada. She is currently the Head of Neonatology Division  Hadassah Hadassah Hebrew University, Jerusalem. She also serves as a  full professor in Pediatrics at the The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine.